Steve Blank wrapped up his fireside chat at Dalhousie University last Tuesday with words that really resonated with me. 

The famed entreprenurial educator was in Halifax to receive an honorary degree from Dal, and brought his abundant wit and charm to various events around the campus. His final point in a wide-ranging fireside chat was to urge his listeners to learn how to communicate better. 

An investor contacted me recently to take issue with a perpetual bee in the Atlantic Canadian bonnet — the perma-complaint that there’s no funding available to startups in the region.

I’ve heard it for years. So has this investor. As a result, he dove into the data in CrunchBase, the American databank affiliated with TechCrunch that has information on startup investments from around the world.

Metamaterial Technologies Inc. of Halifax has signed a $5.6 million agreement with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to develop materials that enhance solar power and can be used on aircraft.

MTI issued a statement on Thursday saying that the partners will work on the development of metaSOLAR, which incorporates advanced, lightweight materials, suitable for flights.

MTI is dedicated to producing

After an intense two-day process called "The Choosing," the Wallace McCain Institute, at the University of New Brunswick, has named the 10th cohort of its Entrepreneurial Leaders Program, ELP.

The institute said in a statement this group of 28 entrepreneurs has a collective economic footprint of $63 million in revenue and 550 employees across the Greater Atlantic Area. With 419 nominations this

Atlantic Canada’s I-Corps program is expected to launch in the autumn, having been given a boost this week by famed startup educator Steve Blank.

Mary Kilfoil, who teaches entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University, said the pieces are now in place to establish the first Canadian node for Innovation Corps, or I-Corps, the National Science Foundation’s program for commercializing scientific

Halifax-based Kinduct Technologies has formed a partnership with Zebra Technologies Corporation that will help coaches and their staffs track player movement and performance more easily.

The two parties announced the partnership Wednesday, and said their joint product will be available to all NFL and NCAA teams that use the Zebra Sports practice system.

This expanded tracking solution gives

The Lazaridis Scale-Up Program, a pan-Canadian program that helps growth-stage companies expand globally, will hold an information session on Tuesday in Halifax about its second cohort.

The program gives 10 companies the opportunity to fast-track their growth by working with experienced mentors and experts from around the world. It focuses on meeting the need for more globally competitive

In the region’s best showing ever, eight Atlantic Canadian companies have been named to the prestigious Branham300 – four in the Top 250, and four in the Up and Coming classification.

Ottawa-based Branham Group today released its Branham300 for 2017. It comprises the top 250 ICT companies in the country, the top 25 international companies operating in Canada, and 25 up and coming companies.

HeyOrca has landed $2 million in equity funding, allowing it to ramp up its fast-growing content-planning business.

The St. John’s company that makes collaborative software for marketing agencies announced this morning that it received $2 million in funding from previous investors  Killick Capital and Pelorus Venture Capital. This takes the company’s total equity funding to $2.65 million.

The

Squiggle Park has struck a partnership with the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, which will place the company’s edtech product in some of the most disadvantaged schools in Canada.

The Halifax company’s online games, which help children to learn to read, are now used in 3,000 schools, concentrated in North America but including such markets as Oman and China. And the company recently received